Epiktetos

[1] At the beginning of his career, Epiktetos painted a chalice krater made by the potter Andokides, but later he turned to smaller vessels, such as cups and plates.

Throughout his long career, he worked for a variety of potters, including Andokides, Hischylos and the Nikosthenes-Pamphaios workshop.

[2] Already at this stage, he was technically superior to the early works of Oltos, and omitted out-of-date features such as palmette-hearts.

John Boardman also lauded him as the "greatest draughtsman in early red-figure vase painting".

He showed Athenian citizens at play, at the symposion and in erotic scenes, where he develops new aspects and motifs.

For example, a bent and twisted figure was in one case the Minotaur, in another a man masturbating into a pot and, in a third, a girl pleasuring herself with a dildo.